The erosion of a distributed two-dimensional vortex in a background straining flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 441, Issue , 2001, Pages 369-398

  Legras, Bernard ^a   Dritschel, David G ^b   Caillol, Philippe ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EROSION; STRAIN; VISCOSITY;

VORTICITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX; VORTICITY;

FLUID MECHANICS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX; VORTICITY;

EID: 0035949169     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200100502X     Document Type: Article

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